Women in STEM

Who was the first women to get Nobel prize in 1903?

• Gerty Cori

• Alice Bunn

• Marie Curie

• Mary Jackson

Marie Curie : Radioactivity Rosalind Franklin : ?

• None

• Paleontology

• DNA

• NASA

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According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, what percentage of the world's researchers are women?

• 12%

   

• 29%

• 46%

Answer explanation

According to UIS data, less than 30% of the world’s researchers are women. But to truly reduce the gender gap, we must go beyond the hard numbers and identify the qualitative factors that deter women from pursuing careers in STEM.

What does STEM stand for?

• Sustainability, Territory, Environment, Meteorology

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

• Statistics, Transformig, Experiments, Management

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Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?

• Vera Kistiakowsky

• Chien-Shiung Wu

• Marie Curie

Answer explanation

Marie Curie (*1867) won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for her contribution to the understanding of radiation.

Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?

• Vera Kistiakowsky

• Chien-Shiung Wu

• Marie Curie

• Lise Meitner

Which woman is known for her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA?

• Rosalind Franklin

• Barbara McClintock

• Dorothy Hodgkin

• Ada Lovelace

Who was the first woman to travel into space?

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Sally Ride

• Mae Jemison

• Eileen Collins

Which female scientist developed the first computer algorithm?

• Ada Lovelace

• Grace Hopper

• Katherine Johnson

• Hedy Lamarr

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

• Marie Curie

• Dorothy Hodgkin

• Irène Joliot-Curie

• Ada Yonath